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Anthony Weiner

Updated (22 May 2013) : Former Rep. Anthony Weiner has officially announced his campaign for mayor today.

He has tapped Danny Kedem, who has worked on mayoral races in the past, to run his campaign, The New York Post reports. (via City & State)

Anthony Weiner Is Running For Mayor, After All

Campaign Website. Mr. Weiner has a website, but it seems like it has not been updated : Anthony Weiner. Since he resigned from Congress, many "political pundits" counted him out, but now Mr. Weiner has entered the mayoral race. The short-term impact of his entry will be to scramble the campaigns of his Democratic mayoral challengers.

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What Speaker Quinn is gambling, the deal that she is making with the Devil, is that nobody is going to call her on her inability to make good on simple policy decisions, like « We are not going to fall for that bait-and-switch. » She is also counting on nobody getting outraged enough to say that the influence of real estate developers, as indicated by their large campaign contributions to Speaker Quinn's campaign treasury, is over-riding the needs the voting public. But with social media tools, such as Councilpedia, the old political boss ways of days gone by are numbered. What is more, in the political vacuum of Speaker Quinn’s definitive non-answers, she is creating opportunities for other politicians, to swoop in and offer voters a new sense of hope.

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Christine Quinn's Puppet Show and Political Farce (Term Limits Remix)

Christine Quinns Puppet Show and Political Farceby connaissable
In 2008, the New York City Council voted to change the term limits law, thereby allowing Mayor Michael Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and others to seek re-election. The action by the City Council, lead by Speaker Quinn, undid the term limits approved by New York City voters, who had previously passed two referendums that had restricted the service of elected politicians to a limit of two four-year terms.